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[godhandiscen]

It has been 4-5 days since we started getting lighting storms (without rain) that started fires in dry areas of California. The fires have not been contained and are now destroying cities and wildlife.

It is hard to breathe in the Bay Area with the four fires creating a perimeter of smoke surrounding it.

The data is from here:

California Fire Map: Active Wildfires

A map of wildfires currently burning in California

www.latimes.com

NASA-FIRMS

Fire Information for Resource Management System

firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov

 

[nush]

I'm surprised there's anything left to burn at this point.

 

[TaySan]

It's the hottest summer ever here. But climate change is totally a hoax >.>

 

[Tesseract]

It's the hottest summer ever here. But climate change is totally a hoax >.>

hottest summer ever therefore climate change

powerful stuff, i'm convinced

def has nothing to do w / what trump warned, clearing dead brush

 

[Insane Metal]

Well damn. Good luck to Californian-GAF!

 

[iconmaster]

Photo taken from this guy, who's putting up some amazing shots.

 

[and 3 others]

"The greater good"

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

Yeah, this shit has gotten to be over the top ridiculous. I personally know dozens of people that have lost their homes over the last few years due to these fires. I've had to evacuate previously but seem to be ok for now. Dealing with this stuff every year has become exhausting

 

[godhandiscen]

Yeah, this shit has gotten to be over the top ridiculous. I personally know dozens of people that have lost their homes over the last few years due to these fires. I've had to evacuate previously but seem to be ok for now. Dealing with this stuff every year has become exhausting

The air quality is atrocious. Even if I don’t need to evacuate, I have to put up with breathing ash. This thing is completely shattering my perception of the future in California. It’s not even about costs anymore, nature wants me out.

 

[JSoup]

I'm fortunate in that where I'm located is likely going to be one of the last places to burn, so if it does come here, it's too late to run, the rest of the state is already cinders. But the air quality has taken a nosedive and there is ash everywhere.

 

[epicnemesis]

Yeah, this shit has gotten to be over the top ridiculous. I personally know dozens of people that have lost their homes over the last few years due to these fires. I've had to evacuate previously but seem to be ok for now. Dealing with this stuff every year has become exhausting

It also makes it harder and more expensive to get homeowners insurance. I don't deal directly in that space, but I refer my financial planing clients to them, and its getting insane if you live somewhere that is prone to brushfires.

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

It also makes it harder and more expensive to get homeowners insurance. I don't deal directly in that space, but I refer my financial planing clients to them, and its getting insane if you live somewhere that is prone to brushfires.

Yeah it's insane. I know someone in the North Bay that owns a small insurance company. He was telling me that he has about 60% less clients compared to 2010 but makes significantly more now due to the fires.

 

[godhandiscen]

It also makes it harder and more expensive to get homeowners insurance. I don't deal directly in that space, but I refer my financial planing clients to them, and its getting insane if you live somewhere that is prone to brushfires.

Oof. I was planning to move near Santa Cruz in the area that just got torched. I wasn’t even thinking of the insurance. :/

 

[HellforLeather]

Oof. I was planning to move near Santa Cruz in the area that just got torched. I wasn’t even thinking of the insurance. :/

Better start looking into land slide insurance because thats whats coming next.

 

[triplestation]

temporary

you can use the current state of it to make fun of libs

gonna look great after a few years

 

[godhandiscen]

temporary

you can use the current state of it to make fun of libs

gonna look great after a few years

It looks like it is getting worse every year, but I want to believe it is also just a temporary struggle.

 

[TrainedRage]

Let it fall into the ocean. Sea levels should put out those fires right?

 

[nush]

Better start looking into land slide insurance because thats whats coming next.

It's 2020, it's going to be The Big One next.

 

[Taxexemption]

temporary

you can use the current state of it to make fun of libs

gonna look great after a few years

As I understand the issue, fires are expected to get worse over time due to forest mismanagement, and some of the more rural communities are in danger of becoming uninsurable. If that happens you basically can't sell your house for whatever the market rate would have been cause you won't get a loan from a bank without insurance.

 

[888]

It’s kinda fitting. Almost like a visual representation of its overall theme lately.

 

[Tell_men]

It’s kinda fitting. Almost like a visual representation of its overall theme lately.

No its not fitting. We’re just people like the rest of you.

 

[Thing on a Spring]

On the Bombcast, Jeff got a text alert about this. Hope no lives are lost.

 

[888]

No its not fitting. We’re just people like the rest of you.

Nope. You all shit in the streets.

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

As long as West Coast Customs isn’t burning down and Xzibit can keep pimpin’ people’s rides, I’m sure everything will be a-okay.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Has Cali changed anything since the last time it was burning for multiple months? Like no more over farming?

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

Has Cali changed anything since the last time it was burning for multiple months? Like no more over farming?

Hey, is that Roy Mustang in that gif? Pretty cool stuff.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Hey, is that Roy Mustang in that gif? Pretty cool stuff.

I can't think of any other anime character that snaps his fingers to burn half naked traps body morpher to death.

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

I can't think of any other anime character that snaps his fingers to burn half naked traps body morpher to death.

Yeah, I gotcha. Probably from Brotherhood, right? I’ve only seen the majority of the original FMA series and none of Brotherhood yet, but it’s on my to-watch list.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

oof thats crazy

hope all the Cali posters are safe! scary times

 

[Starfield]

It's the hottest summer ever here. But climate change is totally a hoax >.>

Hottest summer ever...so far

 

[Tell_men]

Nope. You all shit in the streets.

Real class act.

 

[JayK47]

California seems to have a yearly fire season. I don't remember it being like that when I lived there over 20 years ago.

 

[888]

Real class act.

Take it easy there killer, don’t pick up on sarcasm much huh. I was referring to the policies that everyone always say that are burning down California, now it’s burning for real, again. I’m obviously not talking about the regular people keep voting those same people in. No way, no sir I am not. Not one bit.

Be safe, stay cool.

 

[Starfield]

I created this and idk why

 

[Shizumapower]

hottest summer ever therefore climate change

powerful stuff, i'm convinced

def has nothing to do w / what trump warned, clearing dead brush

This took 1 minute..

Powerlines mainly.

Edit: only posted to show what main causes are.... Not the bogeyman of global warming. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Airola]

This took 1 minute..

Powerlines mainly.

You know dead brush don't start the fires by themselves, or that a faulty powerline starting a fire doesn't tell you how big the fire will be, right?

The problem with dead brush is that when a fire starts somewhere for whatever reason, it makes the fire way more dangerous. It causes the fire to spread super quickly.

 

[ManaByte]

Let's let all the arsonists out of prison due to COVID! What could go wrong?

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

Let's let all the arsonists out of prison due to COVID! What could go wrong?

Don’t you threaten me with a good time, buddy.

 

[Halo is Back]

Terrible, I feel sorry for the people loosing their homes and lives but this is huge reason why I won't live there

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Let it fall into the ocean. Sea levels should put out those fires right?

Echoing, Bill Hicks.

 

[bitbydeath]

It's the hottest summer ever here. But climate change is totally a hoax >.>

It’s cool, we’re balancing things out with some unexpected snow in Australia.

 

[Mistershine.]

Better start looking into land slide insurance because thats whats coming next.

Is that for when the republicans win by a landslide and the alt left totally not fascists peacefully destroy everything?

 

[Cybrwzrd]

It burns every year, when will it fall off like a cancerous mole?

 

[Mr Nash]

Why did various places stop cleaning up all the dead underbrush or whatever it's called (the build of of fallen leaves, branches, etc.)? These fires have gotten much worse since that change in tact. It's not just California that made the change to forest maintenance either, now forest fires are way worse. Was there a logical reason to stop? Do any regions have plans to go back to that system, because the current way of doing things certainly doesn't seem to be working.

 

[Taxexemption]

Why did various places stop cleaning up all the dead underbrush or whatever it's called (the build of of fallen leaves, branches, etc.)? These fires have gotten much worse since that change in tact. It's not just California that made the change to forest maintenance either, now forest fires are way worse. Was there a logical reason to stop? Do any regions have plans to go back to that system, because the current way of doing things certainly doesn't seem to be working.

As I understand it they want what they think is a more natural ecosystem. I forget what they are called but there is an influential group of environmentalists in our government that basically think you shouldn't even go out into nature, that the farther people are away from it at all times the better. They basically think any kind of logging or use of the forest that happens is basically raping the earth. They want whatever they think is the most natural, and the most natural thing in their opinion is you touching or interacting with it as little as possible.

 

[Jack Peterson]

This already happened last year, lame. Give me something new.

 

[rofif]

It's 33c here. No rain for a month. Fuck this

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

It burns every year, when will it fall off like a cancerous mole?

When you get done picking at it.

 

[Coconutt]

Why is California still a thing? Seems to be burning down every other year, take the hint and abandon it.